Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthat part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head
Similar
parietal cortex
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic فص جداري
- فص جداريdivision of the cerebrum
Catalan lòbul parietal
- lòbul parietaldivision of the cerebrum
Chinese Mandarin 頂葉 /顶叶
- 頂葉 /顶叶 (dǐngyè)division of the cerebrum
Czech temenní lalok
- temenní lalokdivision of the cerebrum
Dutch pariëtale kwab
- pariëtale kwabdivision of the cerebrum
Esperanto parieta lobo
- parieta lobodivision of the cerebrum
Estonian kiirusagar
- kiirusagardivision of the cerebrum
Finnish päälaenlohko, parietaalilohko
- päälaenlohkodivision of the cerebrum
- parietaalilohkodivision of the cerebrum
French lobe pariétal
- lobe pariétaldivision of the cerebrum
German Scheitellappen, Parietallappen
- Scheitellappendivision of the cerebrum
- Parietallappendivision of the cerebrum
Greek βρεγματικός λοβός
- βρεγματικός λοβός (vregmatikós lovós)division of the cerebrum
Hebrew האונה הקודקודית
- האונה הקודקודיתdivision of the cerebrum
Hungarian fali lebeny
- fali lebenydivision of the cerebrum
Irish maothán pairiatach
- maothán pairiatachdivision of the cerebrum
Italian lobo parietale
- lobo parietaledivision of the cerebrum
Japanese 頭頂葉
- 頭頂葉 (tōchōyō)division of the cerebrum
Korean 두정엽
- 두정엽 (dujeong'yeop)division of the cerebrum
Norwegian Bokmål isselapp
- isselappdivision of the cerebrum
Polish płat ciemieniowy
- płat ciemieniowydivision of the cerebrum
Portuguese lobo parietal
- lobo parietaldivision of the cerebrum
Romanian lob parietal
- lob parietaldivision of the cerebrum
Russian теменна́я до́ля
- теменна́я до́ля (temennája dólja)division of the cerebrum
Spanish lóbulo parietal
- lóbulo parietaldivision of the cerebrum
Swedish parietallob, hjässlob
- parietallobdivision of the cerebrum
- hjässlobdivision of the cerebrum
Thai กลีบข้าง
- กลีบข้างdivision of the cerebrum
Ukrainian тім'яна частка
- тім'яна частка (timʺjana častka)division of the cerebrum
Vietnamese thùy đỉnh
- thùy đỉnhdivision of the cerebrum
Cite this entry
APA
parietal lobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parietal%20lobe
MLA
“parietal lobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parietal%20lobe. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parietal lobe,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parietal%20lobe.
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